Program

Core-to-core symposium UCSB-JSPS
"Elucidation of solvation effects on molecular recognition"

Monday, September 15, 2025

13:15 - 13:20
Opening Remarks

13:20 - 13:55
Sugar recognition of Ca2+ binding lectin studied by cold ion trap infrared spectroscopy
Shun-ichi Ishiuchi (Science Tokyo)
13:55 - 14:35
Conformational landscapes observed through controlled kinetics (CLOCK): Using precision heating to characterize protein dynamics in the gas phase
Matthew F. Bush (U. Washington)
14:35 - 15:10
Molecular recognition in the solid state by fluorene-based molecular tweezers
Masahiro Yamashina (Science Tokyo)

15:10 - 15:30
Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:10
Directing molecular behavior at solid-liquid interfaces: How solvents and surfaces control catalytic reactions
Susannah Scott (UCSB)
16:10 - 16:45
Probing the principal interaction of nicotine with the tryptophan residue in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor by cryogenic ion spectroscopy
Keisuke Hirata (Science Tokyo)
16:45 - 17:20
Construction of cages and macrocycles by boroxine formation and their dynamic behaviors
Kosuke Ono (Science Tokyo)
17:20 - 17:35
Multicolor chromism via deprotonation of N-anthrylamide-based organic dyes
Yuma Arimoto (Science Tokyo)
17:35 - 17:50
Investigation of ammonia adsorption behavior in crystalline solids of cyclic oligophenylene
Shion Masano (Science Tokyo)

Speakers Dinner

Tuesday, September 16, 2025


9:00 - 9:40
Neural network assisted first-principles exploration on the conformational space of peptides and saccharides
Jer-Lai Kuo (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
9:40 - 10:15
Excited state dynamics across hydrogen bonds
Mattanjah de Vries (UCSB)

10:15 - 10:30
Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:10
Infrared spectroscopy of molecular ions in helium droplets
Andrey Vilesov (USC)
11:10 - 11:25
i-Motif DNA in isolated hemiprotonated cytosine dimers, studied by IR spectroscopy
Ana Parejo-Vidal (UCSB)
11:25 - 11:40
Infrared spectroscopy of radical-cation clusters of ammonia (NH3)2-6+ in helium nanodroplets
Amandeep Singh (USC)
11:40 - 11:55
Structural study of potassium ion channel mimics - alkali metal ion complexes by cryogenic ion trap infrared spectroscopy
Satoru Tanabe (Science Tokyo)
11:55 - 12:10
The deprotonation sites of gas phase uridine and pseudouridine: Implications for mRNA-19 vaccines
Garrett D. Santis (U. Washington)

12:10 - 14:00
Lunch and Poster Session

14:00 - 14:35
Concerted versus sequential electron proton transfer in hydrogen bound systems: A photodetachment photoelectron spectroscopy point of view
Xue-Bin Wang (PNNL)
14:35 - 15:10
Nuclear quantum effects in hydrogen-bonded systems and proton transfer reactions
Britta A. Johnson (PNNL)

15:10 - 15:30
Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:10
Assembly and structures of toxic agents associated with parkinson’s disease: Targets for potential therapeutic agents
Michael T. Bowers (UCSB)
16:10 - 16:45
Creation of a dynamic β-barrel from a metal-linked short peptide strand
Tomohisa Sawada (Science Tokyo)
16:45 - 17:20
The path from sequestration to solvation, following the unique route of Na+ with the ionophore, beauvericin
James M. Lisy (UIUC)
17:20 - 18:00
Solvation effects on photochemical and electron driven processes
Spiridoula Matsika (Temple U.)

Banquet

Wednesday, September 17, 2025


9:00 - 9:40
The role of molecular solvation environment on photochemistry of air pollutants in gas-phase, aqueous droplets and particulate matter
Sergey Nizkorodov (UCI)
9:40 - 10:15
Hydration effect of pyrrole dimer cation on aromatic charge resonance studied by IR spectroscopy
Yoshiteru Masumoto (Shizuoka U.)

10:10 - 10:30
Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:10
Liquid-liquid phase separation and fibrillization of the Tau peptide
Joan-Emma Shea (UCSB)
11:10 - 11:45
TOC
Sotiris S. Xantheas (PNNL / U. Washington)

11:45 - 11:50
Closing Remarks

Thursday, September 18, 2025


Lab Tour (optional)

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